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October Newsletter 2025

Introduction

27 October 2025

It’s recently been National Water Week! A good time to reflect on water management. It’s easy to take for granted the advancements in technology that have taken place that have the potential to make significant improvements in water management.

At HydroTerra, as monitoring specialists, we do our best to stay abreast of technology advancements. It’s pretty much a full-time job!: satellite based imagery used for water quality monitoring, drone based sensing, low-cost telemetered sensor networks, and advances in continuous sensor technologies. And now the potential AI has to process the data from all these data generating systems; enabling better understanding of our water, groundwater and aquatic ecosystems. In a webinar presented by Professor David Hamilton from the Rivers Institute back in 2024 he reflected on the major opportunities that AI technology can provide:
• Reducing the data churn.
• Using investments in remote sensing technology effectively
• Near-real time information for management guidance and regulatory purposes
• Extending and extrapolating modelling to landscape scale
• Evaluating monitoring programs (costs, long-term value, new programs)
• Modelling the many independent variables affecting a dependent variable.

You will find a recording of the webinar in our Webinar Library

Sometimes we just look at the negatives with technology change. Will AI take my job? However, in water and environmental management, where much of the industry has barely been able to keep up with compliance monitoring and data acquisition, let alone interpretation, perhaps we should be thinking along the lines: will AI allow me to get my job done…better? Exciting times 😊.

Richard Campbell

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27 October 2025


HydroTerra is your trusted advisor for monitoring well network sampling programs and infrastructure assessment. Our monitoring team specialises in ensuring that monitoring networks are well maintained, functional, accessible and aligned with project objectives. Through our monitoring well inspection...
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Webinar coming up- Monitoring the Great Barrier Reef

27 October 2025


Our next webinar will provide an overview of the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Loads Monitoring Program, highlighting its purpose, methods, and outcomes. We are joined by Mika Rowston and Richard Gardiner from The University of Queensland and will begin buy...
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First Rental Oizom Dust Monitor deployed

27 October 2025


We’re excited to announce the successful deployment of our first rental Oizom Dustroid unit at the Wollert Landfill, VIC, with our client already praising how intuitive and easy-to-use the system is. The Dustroid is a compact, solar-powered, real-time dust monitoring system,...
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Learn about our extensive range of level measurement meters

27 October 2025


Over many years, Solinst has put a lot of time and effort into the development of their range of Water Level Meters. This is recognised in the durability, accuracy and the wide range of options that are currently available for different needs. No doubt, most people will be familiar with...
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Surface water flow & discharge monitoring – explore our solutions.

27 October 2025


HydroTerra provides a complete range of instruments and systems for accurate surface water flow and discharge measurement—suited to everything from simple stream gauging to complex monitoring networks. Portable Instruments
  • Flow Probe: Cost-effective tool for single-point velocity readings in open channels.
  • FlowTracker2: High-precision...
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Exploring life four kilometres below the surface

27 October 2025


How does the deep ocean sea floor breathe? That’s the question researchers from the University of Southern Denmark set out to answer during their research work in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. At around 4,250 metres below the surface, they carried out...
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Groundwater sampling: Valuable for all levels of experience

27 October 2025


This month, HydroTerra ran a Groundwater Sampling Workshop at Fosterville Mine proving that training was not only provided to new staff, but there’s also great value even for experienced field teams who need to brush up on their knowledge and skills. Despite regularly conducting groundwater sampling, the Fosterville team embraced...
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Hydrasleeve v’s Low-Flow groundwater sampling – A practical comparison

27 October 2025


Groundwater sampling methods should match the site objectives, hydrogeology and analytes of interest. Below is a concise, practical comparison of low-flow (minimal-drawdown) sampling and HydraSleeve (passive, no-purge) sampling to help you choose the right approach for your project.

How they work.

Low-flow sampling: A pump (or bladder/air lift) withdraws water at a...
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What a great webinar – Thank you Dana Windle

27 October 2025


Our sincere thanks to Dana Windle from ERM who presented a fantastic webinar to our community.  Dana’s depth of knowledge is outstanding; here are a few takeaways from her presentation. 1.  Groundwater and surface water behave differently
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Continuous visualisation of your data with HydroTerra’s DataStream™

27 October 2025


DataStream™, by HydroTerra sets a new standard for visualising and managing site data.  Trusted data is delivered to you in the formats you need to support site assessment and compliance

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Collection
Sensors are installed on site to measure and...
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Celebrating National Water Week

27 October 2025


Last week was National Water Week 2025 | 20–26 October. National Water Week is celebrated across Australia each year by inspiring communities and organisations who work together on water issues and future fixes. National Water Week reminds everyone about the importance of using water...
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Thanks for having us ALGA Newcastle – Event wrap up

27 October 2025


Last month, HydroTerra and Solinst Canada were pleased to sponsor the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) Newcastle event that took place on 24 September 2025. Richard Campbell and Joe Revelle presented a workshop on Ensuring High Quality Groundwater and Surface...
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Presenting Innovations in real-time continuous monitoring at acid mine drainage sites

27 October 2025


HydroTerra’s Technical Director Annette Nolan attended the 2025 Australian AMD Workshop in Brisbane last week. Annette said it was a pleasure to immerse herself into the technical challenges and geochemistry of AMD at the workshop hosted by The University of Queensland Sustainable...
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